Comoy's Shape Number Chart

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Comoy's pipes were given shape numbers in the 1909 catalogue and also names for each shape, but it would seem that these numbers were NOT stamped on the pipes until sometime in the 1920s. The earliest known is from 1925. The shape numbers are all 3 digits until after the Cadogan acquisition of Comoy's in 1979, when some shapes were introduced with 4 digit numbers. However, they may have been introduced earlier in 1976, 1977 or 1978.

On pre-Cadogan pipes additional letters can be found after the three numbers:

M on Meerschaum lined pipes.
P on Panel shaped bowls. This may not always be the case as I have now seen a photograph of a non panel Shape 309 with a P.
C on some shapes with curved bits. This does not seem to be universal for all curved bits and it would appear to be mainly on Princes and Bulldogs.
F believed to indicate a "Fishtail" bit. Verified on an early 1930s Virgin Briar with the shape number 206F and a fishtail bit exactly like the Dunhill F/T, that was not introduced until 1950.

Size
S	small
M	medium
L	large
XL	extraordinare shape
LW	lightweight shape

Additional Information
(S)	saddle bit
A/M	army monunt
sq.	squat
sq.shank	square shank

Note: This chart has been changed to an easier to edit format. If you would prefer to see the format it was in before, the last version of that is still available at Special:PermanentLink/48046.

Shape #	Shape Description	Degree of Bend	Size	Additional Information
3	bulldog	str.	M
4	bulldog	str.	L	(S)
5	bulldog	str.	L	(S)
5XL	bulldog	str.	XL	(S)
6	billiard	str.	M	(S)
13	billiard	1/2	S
17	kruger	1/2	M	(S)
19	billiard	str.	L	A/M
20	billiard	str.	L	A/M
23	billiard	str.	L	A/M, canted bowl
24	billiard	str.	S	A/M
25	billiard	str.	M	A/M
26	billiard	1/2	M	A/M
27	billiard	str.	L	(S)
28	billiard	str.	M
30	liverpool	str.
35	dublin	str.
36	dublin	str.
39	dublin	str.	M	A/M
42	billiard	1/2	M
43	billiard	1/2	L
47	billiard	str.	M
52	dublin	1/4		flatbottom/sitter
56	brandy	1/8		Everyman example [1] [2]
61	cavalier	full bent		vulcanite foot
64	billiard	str.	M
66	liverpool	str.	L
70	billiard	1/2	L	A/M
74	billiard	str.	S
78	globe	str.	L	A/M
80	bulldog	str.	M
84	billiard	str.		sq.shank, saddle stem, paneled
87	woodstock	1/8		oval stem
88	Yacht, Woodstock, or Zulu?	slight bend		Guildhall example [3] [4]
93	belgian	str.	L
97	billiard	str.	M
98	billiard	str.	M
100	billiard	1/2	XL
102	pot	str.	L	A/M
103	pot	str.	S	A/M
104	pot	str.	M	A/M
106	billiard	str.	S
107	pot	str.	S
110	billiard	str.	L
111	liverpool	str.
112	billiard	str.	S
117	pot	str.	L
122	pot	str.	M
123	pot	str.	M
124	pot	str.	XL	(S)
125	pot	str.	XL
126	pot	str.	L
127	billiard	str.	XL
129	globe	str.	XL
130	globe	str.	XL	(S)
131	billiard	str.	S
133	liverpool	str.
156	lovat	str.	S
157	poker	str.		flat bottom
159	globe	str.	S
178	pocket/vest	str.		round tapered stem, Bond Street example [5] [6] [7]
182	billard	str.	L	(S)
183	globe	str.	S	round tapered stem. H&H branded example: [8], [9]
184	globe	1/2	M
185	billiard	str.	L	Old Mariner example [10] [11] [12]
186	billiard	str.	L
187	tall billiard	str.	XL
188	stack	str.	XL
189	billiard	str.	M
190	liverpool	str.
202	danish	1/8		oval stem
203	cutty	str.		oval stem
206	billiard	str.	S
210	lovat	str.	S
211	author	1/4		nearly identical to 256
212	lovat	str.	L
213	clay tavern	str.		with a spur
214	billiard	1/2	M
215	billiard	1/2	M	(S)
216	bulldog	str.	XL
218	bulldog	str.	M	(S)
222	cutty	str.	M
225	calabash	1/4	M
228c	prince	1/8		Old Mariner example [13] [14] [15]
229	bulldog	1/4
234	bulldog	str.	M
235	kruger	str.	XL
238	bulldog	str.	M	(S)
245	billiard	str.	S
250	dublin	str.		oval stem
252	pot	str.	S	(S)
256	author	1/4	M
270	billiard	str.	M
274	globe	str.	M	A/M
282	bulldog	1/4	M
284	rhodesian	1/4	M
291	billiard	str.	M
292	billiard	str.	M
296	canadian	str.	L	oval stem
298	canadian	str.	L	(S)
298	prince	1/8	S	A/M
299	canadian	str.		oval stem
301	dublin	str.
303	prince	1/8	M	A/M
309	liverpool	str.	XL
311	canadian	str.	L
331	bulldog	str.	L	sq.
331c	bulldog	1/8	L	sq.
332	billiard	str.	L
332B	billiard	str.	L	round shank w/ flat base, Guildhall example [16] [17]
334	globe	str.	L
335	globe	str.	S
336c	prince	1/8
337c	prince	1/8
338	prince	str.		pear bowl
339	prince	str.		pear bowl
339p	prince	str.		pear bowl, paneled
340	billiard	str.	M
341	billiard	str.	S
342	billiard	str.	XL	(Dunhill LB)
343	billiard	str.	XL	(S)
345	stack	str.	L
346	cutty	str.	S
357	billiard	str.	L	See example made for John's Pipe Shop
359	globe	str.	M
361	pot	str.	S
362	liverpool	str.
363	foursquare	str.		sq.shank
364	bullcap	str.
364p	bullcap	str.		paneled
368	globe	str.	L
386	bulldog	str.		paneled bowl
388	liverpool^[1]	str.	M
398	bulldog	str.	L	(S), sq.
402	globe	str.	S
405	billiard	str.	S
409	bulldog	1/4		(S)
430	bulldog	str.		triangular shank
431	billiard	str.	S
433	dublin	1/8
434	liverpool	str.
435	lovat	str.		cyrindrical bowl
436B	liverpool	str.		Everyman example [18] [19]
437	billiard	str.	M	(S)
439	pencil shank billiard	str.	M	John's Pipe Shop example: [20], [21]
440	rhodesian	str.	M
441	hexagonol panel	str.		sq.shank
442	dublin	1/4		sq.shank
446	horn	str.	M	flat bottom
463	bullcap	str.	M
480	dublin	str.		(S)
481	billard	str.		(S), flat bottom
483	globe	str.	L	(S)
484	billiard	str.	L	(S)
495	pot	str.	L	(S)
496	pot	str.	M	(S)
497	pot	str.		(S), sq.shank
499	rhodesian	1/4	XL
501	bulldog	1/8	LW
503	prince	1/8	LW	pear bowl
504	prince	1/8	LW
505	billiard	1/16	LW
506	billiard	1/8	LW	paneled
509	billiard	1/8	LW
511	prince	1/8	LW	paneled
512	dublin	1/8	LW
513	billiard	1/8	LW
523	billiard	1/2	LW
532	globe	str.		(S), sq.shank
534	foursquare	str.		(S), sq.shank
551	globe	str.	S	(S)
552c	prince	str.		(S)
553	pot	str.	S
554	billiard	str.	M	(S)
556	prince	str		(S)
588	poker	1/8	L
589	dublin	1/4		(S), modern
594	pear	1/4		(S), modern
596	billiard	1/8		(S), modern flat bottom
600	skater	1/4		modern
601?	poker	1/4		modern (two entries for shape # 601)
601?	billiard	1/8	LW	(two entries for shape # 601)
603	poker	3/4		modern
604	dublin	1/4		(S), modern
607	billiard	1/4		(S), modern
608	billiard	str.	LW
616	prince	1/8	LW
618	billiard	str.	LW	(S)
620	pot	str.	LW	(S)
621	globe	str.	LW	(S)
623	dublin	1/4		(S), modern paneled
624	poker	1/4		(S), modern
624	pot	str.	LW	paneled
625	banker	1/4		(S), modern
681	bulldog	str.	M	(S), sq.
683	bulldog	str.	M	(S), sq.
803	foursquare	str.	XXL
804	billiard	1/2	XXL
807	canadian	str.	XXL

Shape Chart

Circa 1975 (Pre-Cadogan) Shape Chart, courtesy Doug Valitchka

References

↑ The shape 388 was originally listed here as a cutty, but is infact more of a Liverpool with pointed front and back bowl, like a double ended ship. Bill Wagner, a collector of pre-Cadogan, shop-branded Comoy's has an example of Comoy's shape 388 who describes it as identical to shape 66 (Liverpool) in a side-by-side comparison, except the bowl is a bi-pointed oblong in cross-section. Pre-WWII country of origin marking, and stamped "Charlestowne" for, or by the pipe shop of that name in South Carolina. See Everyman Shape 388 Example.

[1] The shape 388 was originally listed here as a cutty, but is infact more of a Liverpool with pointed front and back bowl, like a double ended ship. Bill Wagner, a collector of pre-Cadogan, shop-branded Comoy's has an example of Comoy's shape 388 who describes it as identical to shape 66 (Liverpool) in a side-by-side comparison, except the bowl is a bi-pointed oblong in cross-section. Pre-WWII country of origin marking, and stamped "Charlestowne" for, or by the pipe shop of that name in South Carolina. See Everyman Shape 388 Example.

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